Description
• Slender, erect, perennial succulent
• Pinkish-brown to grey mottled stems to 60cm high
• Flowers tubular, bell-shaped, red to orange in colour
Flowering Times
• May to October
Control Measure
• Herbicide
• Physical – ensure all fragments collected
Problems
• Highly toxic to stock
• Readily spread by plant fragments and seed
• Succulent nature allows it to adapt to dry conditions
• Rapidly invades bushland and disturbed sites